Lotus Cars come to Brisbane

Lotus Cars have finally found a home in Brisbane, joining with Euromarque to become known as Lotus Brisbane.

The dealership is in Fortitude Valley just five minutes from the centre of Brisbane and only 15 minutes from the airport. It’s across the road from the Emporium retail and dining district exposing the brand to a larger [...]

Nissan 370Z King Of The Mountain

Nissan 370Z King Of The Mountain.

Does the turbo AWD fraternity have to worry about the new 370Z? How about Boxsters, AMG Benzes, M-series BMWs and S-badged Audis? In Brisbane, there’s only one way to find out.
- by Alborz Fallah – photos – Tristan Schoonens.

Earlier this year I took a Mitsubishi Evolution X up Mount Glorious/Nebo [...]

Rally Australia only a month away

For those of you who are not aware, Round 10 of the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship is scheduled to run on 3-6 September, in the east coast of Australia.

The Repco Rally Australia as it’s officially titled, includes closed-road competition stages through Tweed and Kyogle Shires in Northern New South Wales with a rally car [...]

AutoRoute: A different approach to 4WDriving Central Australia

-by Josh McKenzie
I guess I can only blame myself for having been in this position. You see, I would normally do 25,000km a year as stipulated in my novated lease.
However, for reasons that can only really be justified by a sense of adventure and youthful exuberance, I felt the need to spend parts of the [...]

Vic rules change for young drivers

Citing what it somewhat facetiously calls an “outbreak of common sense” Mercedes-Benz has congratulated the Victorian Government on a decision that will change the types of cars young and probationary drivers are allowed to drive.

You’ll recall that we recently reported that following representations from Volkswagen Group Australia the New South Wales Road Traffic Authority (RTA) [...]

F1 dreams for Australian Chris Wootton

At the pinnacle of motorsport, Mark Webber stands alone as Australia’s only current Formula 1 driver, racing alongside teammate Sebastian Vettel for the Red Bull F1 team.

Although this could change very soon with 20-year-old Queenslander Chris Wootton announced as one of just three drivers to be granted a $100,000-plus scholarship to compete in the Formula [...]

Share my story – QLD transport tries something new

We all know the horror graphic ads showing in detail what smoking does to our body, but does it really have a lasting affect? Has anyone quit smoking because they saw an ad showing what it’s like to have throat cancer?

Recently we posted these rather graphical ads showcasing the “most emotional” road safety ads from [...]

2008 Road toll figures lowest in 59 years

The final road toll figures for 2008 have been released, setting last year’s record at 1463 road casualties.
This is a reduction of 153 deaths over 2007 and 135 over 2006. The good news is this is the best year on record since 1949, it sounds even better when you take into consideration that there are [...]

Mitsubishi Evolution X King Of The Mountain

Mitsubishi Evolution X King Of The Mountain – Mt Nebo & Mt Glorious

- Words by Alborz Fallah Photography by Tristan Schoonens

For those of you that have settled into the reality that Australia has no real driving roads, I am here to shatter your illusion.

Brisbane Motor Show cancelled for 2009

THE Brisbane International Motor Show, scheduled for February 6 to 15 next year, has been held over until 2010 because of a shortfall in exhibitor numbers resulting from the global economic downturn, organisers announced today.

The Australian Automobile Dealers Association (Queensland) said the cancellation of some manufacturer exhibition bookings, the latest being Toyota and Volkswagen, and [...]

Gold Coast loses Indy

Queensland’s favourite motor sport event of the year has been axed after the State Government and Indy bosses couldn’t find a mutually beneficial agreement on the event’s future.

Indy’s governing body, the Indy Racing League, had suggested the race be moved from October to March given October clashes with the American Football Season, however that option [...]

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